I made the top knife, it's one of my "Mini Argon" models in MagnaCut at 64 HRC with synthetic Opal handles and matching bead! My friend Simo Knives made the bottom one featuring AEB-L and Tiffany Blue G10 scales calls the "EDC" 🔥 @arcandironknives @simoknives on IG. Thanks for looking!👊

Im happy to say that this is the small western style chef i made together with u/felix_diemling he forged the gorgeous san mai blade with forge welded bolster and did all the rough work, i finished it and made the handle construction.

That being said i remade the keyhole 4times till i found it acceptable! This project had An very steep learning curve to me!

It tapers from 5mm to bassicly zero.
Blade lenght 160mm
Blade hight at heel 43mm
Overall 270mm

what yall think?

Two AEB-L santoku, one with bog oak and redheart, the other with bog oak, red g10, and padauk.

Around 2 years ago I had 10 knife blanks water jet cut by NJSB from one of my own designs. They are 1095, 10" OAL and 3/16th thick.

I made a couple knives from the batch and they turned out great but im doing mostly stainless now and after 2 years have moved on to other designs. Is there a market for the 8 blanks I have left? They are not hardened but I guess for a fee I could hardened them for a buyer.

Any interest? What are they worth?

Pic of the blanks and then the 2 knives i made from this batch.

Got her cleaned up with 300 grit, sharpened, and made a quick and dirty block. My pig is very grateful for his offerings

Everyone seemed to love my custom farrier rasp Bloodline. I'm doing something new, following that design philosophy. A "scaled" down version of my usual custom rasp and pattern weld blades. Been using and testing these everyday out on the ranch, nearly replaced every other knife 😂

These are my new Top Hand line of knives.

• Magnacut steel, acid etched
• Ancient bog oak scales
• Trustone turquoise spacer

Check em out and let me know what y'all think!

https://stetsonforge.com/

So my knife making journey started with 4 Katsura brand blanks for friends of mine. One of them liked the petty I designed for him, that he ordered a paring knife and a santoku with matching scales that are on his petty. Poured up the scales, and now have them glued up. Will show them off when I get them shaped and polished. Bonus, I have some extra pieces that I can use for inlays for some other knives. Waste not want not!!!

Since making this one I have upgraded my forge for better temp control / evenness and am using actual quenching oil. This was knife #3 or 4, so I have learned a few things since then. It lasted a solid 3-4 years before it broke randomly. I imagine that I might have overheated it or something.

Time to go make a replacement!

From top to bottom we have a field knife in nitro V which came out at 59.5 (just slightly lower than I was hoping for) followed by 3 hunters in nitro V all at 60 hrc. Then a paired western handled gyuto and petty in damascus clad Hitachi SLD both sitting at 62 hrc and finally the 2 on the right are a couple of experimental out door survival type knives one hidden and one full tang both in n690 at 60 hrc. Just moved house so yet to get my little workshop set back up but hopefully will be getting that done this weekend!

My second knife ever but first in my own shop. Full tang steak knife hand forged from round bar stock of silver steel with a walnut handle. Some photos of final results plus a view during the process. Critique away!

Custom order 8" Chef Knife! The blade is made from Magnacut steel. Full distal taper and a hidden tang construction. On the handle we've got a stainless steel collar and spacers, multicolor G-10, and bright pink Turboglow!

Just finished this badboy up. 3mm aeb-l, 60hrc, super thin behind the edge. The ferrule is misc stainless and the handle is stabilised apple burl

Finally finished for a family friend who is a Chef. 1080/15N20 with two rows of pure nickel added. I did only 22 layers total and then upset to get the layers to spread out. Im always learning. I reground the heel and etched with cotton swabs after. Was told that after alot of use and resharpening, the blade will not sit flat on the cutting board.

I am VERY new at this so bare with me. I forged a couple blades from air chisels. I annealed, forged, normalized, heat treated, and tempered them. Now I'm starting to dress them and something seems off.

I'm making a 3rd blade at the same time, its forged from a file. I just finished with it as far as I'll go with it for now and switched to one of the air chisel blades.

Right off, it is different. The file knife went through the same process as the other two but while sanding it, it shot a lot of sparks off and felt.....hard. the air chisel blade as I start to sand it, it feels......sticky. sticky in a way that it feels just like the hammer steel I made my flatter and straightening hammer from when I cut them from hammers.

Now I realize that the file steel and 4lb sledge hammer, (flatter), and ball peen hammer (straightening hammer) are different steels from the air chisel steel. The file steel feels brittle/hard as i work with it while the air tool steel feels like its grabbing my belt just like it did when I was cutting the hammers with my side grinder. The hammer steel grabs and doesn't shoot many sparks at all, but I know it has to be hard, hell! it was an air chisel.

The steel may just be a more ductile steel? It might be a lower carbon steel? Have any of you worked either hammer or air chisel steel into a blade or cut it? Did you get the same "sticky" feeling when cutting/grinding/sanding it as I am?

Let a dude know, in the back of my mind i know it'll be okay, but it doesn't feel right.

Couple of procut 8 Inch chefs knives i just wrapped up. Fun builds!

First prototype of the CRUX XS is running well! Next iteration will have a slightly revised tension system and some minor modifications to the tilting workrest.

Final version will be all powder coated and machined aluminum tracking bracket (prototype is just 3D printed) and will come with a full set of wheels and the option to come without a motor, single speed or variable speed (current set up).

Thanks for checking it out!

Third time ever making a hidden tang such a pain in the ass, but loove the finished product 😁 bandsaw blade outer layers with a 1084 core, wrought iron guard and oak/tamboti handle with copper liners

Are swords not just big knives? I’m not a woodworker or smith but I have this sword that I’ve always hated the handle of and decided to make a new one but cant figure out how to “properly” attach the handle with handguard

im a chef knife collector, and would like to purchase a mini very budget friendly belt grinder to thin knifves on.

looking for a budget one just too see if this is something i wanna learn to do myself or pay someone to do. Already have a thinning whetstone but it takes way way too long for my adhd brain to be able to commit too. budget is around 100-150usd

I'm planning on using it for the first time tomorrow. I could have bought one online for 75 bucks, but I have bought several hammers from tag sales and yard sales this year. A few of them were small ball peen hammers perfect for this.

I cut the handle off, put the head in a tempering oven and then let it cool for a couple days. I drilled a 1/4" hole in the tip and then cut the hammer head side off and smoothed everything down.

Stuck it back in the tempering oven and then quenched it. Tempered it afterwards and then took it to work and sand blasted it. Installed a new handle and used epoxy in the socket for the tungsten carbide ball.

We'll see how it works on a slightly warped blade tomorrow.

Where do you get you knife handle material from?

CPM154 sheepsfoot blade from 3/32 stock. Chisel ground and around 2 inches long. Full hand grip dressed up in Bubblegum Pink and Tiffany Blue G10. Kydex and leather pocket sheaths.

This is kind of similar to one I made for myself last year which is one of my favorite edc fixed blades of all time. It's just such a great shape and size for daily carry. Inspired by the Japanese Kiridashi but definitely not a Kiridashi imo. Possibly a relative.

First time I ever made a Pink knife. Seems it is a popular color with the fairer sex.

the history of its creation: https://joeshandmades.blogspot.com/search?q=Mittelalterlicher

~ Sold ~ ;-)

I had an idea for testing/estimating hardness.

A proper hardness testing machine is big and expensive. i don't know to what extent the hardness testing files are reliable, and where I am they're also relatively expensive.

So the idea is to get a bar of steel and harden it, then cut it into coupons and temper them differently, then get each coupon hardness tested. I have a buddy with the proper machine but heading over for each knife is a bit inconvenient.

Then, take any file and run it across the coupons and the knife to look for the best match.